A land and grain-tax register from the Arsinoite nome listing plots of royal land and imperial estate land at Hephaistias and the plain of Herakleia, with their areas in arouras and the wheat and barley dues, including surcharges. Estates named include the Philodamian, Dionysodorian and Pallantian estates and the estates of Vespasian.
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Of Hephaistias, royal land, 5 1/2 1/8 1/64 arouras, wheat […] artabas […]
through the individual holders, 5 1/2 1/8 1/16 1/128 arouras, wheat […] artabas
Of the Philodamian estate, 1/2 1/3 aroura, wheat 1 2/3 1/24 artaba […]
wheat 39 1/3 1/12 artabas, barley 5 1/3 1/24 1/48 artabas
Plain of Herakleia, royal land, […] 1/8 arouras, wheat 6 […] artabas […]
wheat 45 1/2 1/3 artabas, barley 5 1/3 1/24 […] artabas; for the dichoinikia, wheat […] artabas […]
barley 5 1/3 1/24 1/48 artabas; additional measures, wheat 6 1/2 1/8 1/48 artabas […]
barley 6 2/3 artabas; for the pentartabia, barley 1/3 artaba; total […]
for the sheaf-tax and sack-tax, Philodamian estate, Hephaistias […]
barley 7 artabas
Estate land likewise: estates of Vespasian, Hephaistias […]
wheat 36 1/2 1/3 1/8 artabas; for the dichoinikia, wheat 5/6 artaba; total wheat 37 1/3 1/4 1/8 artabas […]
total wheat 43 1/12 1/48 artabas; for the sheaf-tax and sack-tax, wheat 1 2/3 1/24 artaba […]
Dionysodorian estate, 2 5/6 1/128 arouras, wheat 10 […] artabas […]
total wheat 10 2/3 1/48 artabas; additional measures, wheat 1 1/2 1/24 artaba; total wheat […] artabas
for the sheaf-tax and sack-tax, wheat 1/2 1/8 1/48 artaba; total wheat […] artabas
Pallantian estate, formerly of Iucundus and Chresimus, 4 5/6 1/8 arouras, wheat 1[…] artabas […]
Plain of Herakleia, 2 1/4 1/8 1/16 arouras, wheat 6 1/2 1/3 1/8 artabas; total […] arouras […]
for the dichoinikia, wheat 1/3 1/24 artaba; total wheat 19 1/6 1/24 1/48 artabas […]
for the sheaf-tax and sack-tax, Hephaistias, wheat 1 1/2 1/8 artaba […]
Plain of Herakleia, wheat 1/12 artaba; total wheat 1 2/3 1/24 artaba; additional measures […]
Total for the estates of Vespasian, 25 1/16 1/128 arouras; total wheat 6[…] artabas […]
additional measures, wheat 9 2/3 1/24 artabas; total wheat 77 1/4 1/24 artabas; for the sheaf-tax and sack-tax, wheat 1/4 1/24 1/48 artabas
total wheat 81 1/3 1/48 artabas
The ousiai were imperial estates, often named after former private owners such as Pallas. Dichoinikia, pentartabia, sheaf-tax (dragmategia) and sack-tax were surcharges on grain dues with no exact English equivalents.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Registre cadastral). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.